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. 2020 Mar 11;24(1):84.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-2808-8.

International survey on influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA) in intensive care units: responses suggest low awareness and potential underdiagnosis outside Europe

Karin Thevissen  1 , Cato Jacobs  2 , Michelle Holtappels  2 , Mitsuru Toda  3 , Paul Verweij  4 , Joost Wauters  5
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International survey on influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA) in intensive care units: responses suggest low awareness and potential underdiagnosis outside Europe

Karin Thevissen et al. Crit Care. .

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Number of respondents and their geographical location and web diagram representing the mean response for Europe, United States and other countries. aaAustria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom; bArgentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates b Mean responses were calculated based on histograms. Subdivisions represent 0.5 arbitrary units for each of the correlation variables. For the GM BAL, GM serum and lower respiratory sampling variables, we used following units: 1 combining the categories ‘never’ and ‘rarely’; 2: sometimes; and 3 combining the categories ‘very often’ and ‘always’
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